Allies Hold Tight In Korea as President Truman Alerts Nation 1950
On the Korean front. Superforts just arrived from the US take off from Okinawa to bomb North Korean targets.
In Washington, President Truman makes his first major address to the nation since the conflict erupted. He says that Communist aggression must be stopped or all nations will be in jeopardy, and reminds the American public that free nations have learned from the 1930's that appeasement leads to all-out war. He asks for partial warime powers and an increase of $10 billion in defence spending, with possible tax increases, saying "the cost of freedom is high".
